Most of the major cities from capital city Dhaka are less than 160 mi away. There is absolutely no reason for a high-speed train running at 150+ miles plus per hour at this moment even if it is a PPP type project because of the massive interruption by the construction of the new lines.
Upgrading present lines with trains travelling at 80-90 mile an hour should suffice. A two hour travel time is fast enough for a poor country like Bangladesh.
The current line is 320km as it does not go in a straight line.
With stops 150-60km/h would take more like 3 hours which is far too slow.
The idea is to allow commute distances between Dhaka and Chittagong and the stops inbetween.
By the time the line is built and BD needs to start repaying the Chinese loan, it would become a middle-income country.
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